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Survey findings suggest one in five college students pours extra financial aid dollars into trendy yet risky investments in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

Few people are paying attention to the contributions of small liberal arts colleges that are dedicated to educating disadvantaged students. But without them, our country will suffer, argues Alice Brown.

Two state-backed agencies ditch loan-servicing lobby group due to pressure from lawmakers who back tougher regulation of student loans -- but servicers themselves haven't budged on state oversight issue.

City Colleges of Chicago looks to create fairer tuition system by decreasing the rate for part-time students, but some worry the changes could weaken an incentive to go full-time.

For-profit colleges in New York can now participate in the tuition-free scholarship program that typically benefits nonprofit institutions alone.

More than 6 in 10 recipients of the TEACH Grant, created to attract instructors for high-need subjects in low-income schools, have seen those grants convert to loans after they fail to meet eligibility standards, Department of Education report finds.

Annual report on public higher education finance shows more states relying more heavily on tuition, even in a year when appropriations rose nationally.

Federal budget bill removes snag in financial aid data sharing with private scholarship providers, but programs that rely on aid data for social services are left in the cold.